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Jarno Sebastian ELG
Jarno Sebastian Elg (born
1975)
is a
Finnish
Devil-worshipper,
who was sentenced to
life in prison
for murdering a 23-year-old man, eating some of
the body parts and instigating others to
participate in a
ritual
that included
torturing
the victim and listening to
black metal
music on
November 21,
1998,
in
Hyvinkää.
Elg's partners were 17-year-old
Terhi Johanna Tervashonka from
Järvenpää,
20-year-old Mika Kristian Riska from
Mäntsälä
and a 16-year-old boy from
Kerava,
who was not named.
The criminal investigation
started when a leg was found from a
dump site,
thus giving the name "dump site murder" to the
case. The case was generally described as the
most gruesome homicide in Finnish history.
Sentences
Elg was sentenced to
life in prison
for murder.
Tervashonka received eight
years and six months in prison for murder
committed while still a
minor.
A mental health examination found her to be
partially insane. She was released from prison
in 2003. In June 2007, Terhi Tukio (née
Tervashonka) allegedly killed a man with a
billhook.
The trial for this murder begun on August 23rd
2007.
Riska received two years and
eight months in prison for assault and violation
of a grave.
The 16-year-old boy was
considered to be innocent, because he claimed
that the older men had forced him to participate.
The Hyvinkää
district court
and Helsinki
court of appeal
declared most of the details of the case secret
for 40 years.